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I bought a 1.1 5 speed Saxo recently (02 so too new for here really) and I was going to tidy it up and sell it on, but my mechanic raised the point it may be cheaper to use for work, being light and small engined. It's a 22 mile round trip down country lanes, just curious to see what people think I may achieve MPG wise, as insurance is next to nothing and would make a handy back up car if nothing else. I currently use a Mondeo ST TDCi, and it's OK but not brilliant as I think it's more at home on a motorway.
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I wouldn't expect to see much change in mpg, I'd think TBH you'll spend more time keeping it in lower gears and buzzing along with a huge silly grin on your face because you're having so much fun!
MK2 sons mate had one, that was very definitely the case with him, guess who had to pull him out of the ditches more than once....😁
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cjj
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It does depend on the year around then. Post 2001 (X-reg on I think. Euro emissions and all the VED overhaul) *should* have adaptive fuelling with the pre/post cat lambdas, so my experience on the 206 was that 50mpg+ can be expected if you drive it as a 1.1.
They can struggle to get to 60, as there's only around 60bhp, so if you want to drive it like a bigger/faster car (throttling it everywhere) then of course you're more likely to see high 30's.
A pre-2001 car with the simpler emissions and, I think, single-point injection would be in the 40's mpg wise.
So it should be the decent one, but of course it isn't unheard of for older cars to be registered late. Can easily tell by the number of O2 sensors (or the presence of a post cat one).
TU series engines were so reliable and strong though, for the most part, so they're in the "golden age" of cars that just don't really need much to keep them going.
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Tbh thats sort of an appeal, my first cars were 1.1 AXs and I loved blezzing down country roads at 1000mph (actually about 35), I'm going to give it a whirl for a few weeks see if anything changes MPG wise, if nothing else it means I won't have to wash the Mondeo every 2 days, or worry I'm going to destroy it on a badger wandering in the dark  |
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Sounds like you've already persuaded yourself
Have fun 👍
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Feb 10, 2022 20:43:54 GMT
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My daily hack is a Y reg 1.1 106 (so mechanically the same as a Saxo), and my commute is a 38 mile round trip on a mix of fast A road, 30mph through villages & narrow country lanes, and I have to go over the South downs & back over one of the steeper hills. Mostly laden up (myself & twin daughters with all their school clobber) it's doing about 45mpg, or about 48 to 49 mpg when just me. Whilst I am not deliberately thrashing it senseless, nor am I making any special attempt to drive for economy. I have also taught it to overtake, despite the previous owner's (my late grandfather, who bought it as a dealer demonstrator) nickname for it being Wile E Coyote on the basis that it could never catch anything... he was getting it into the low to mid 50s though, but was very actively driving for economy.
As for struggling to hit 60, it is running out of puff at that speed as far as swift acceleration for overtaking is concerned (my Amazon would annihilate it in a straight line, but have the favour returned in the corners - same width tyres, so basic laws of physics as opposed to poor suspension) but it will keep up quite happily with traffic, as the gear ratios are all very well suited to the engine.
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Last Edit: Feb 10, 2022 22:21:49 GMT by Paul H: spelling error
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cjhillman
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Feb 10, 2022 22:20:36 GMT
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I used to have a 1.0 Saxo (1998). I had it for about 3 years as my first Car. Fitted a K&N Air filter which might have been the reason but, it didnt do great on MPG... oh an I used to rag it around too. I bought a 1.4 Escort mk5 after that which was much better and my 1.1 Escort mk3 I have today is better on MPG. I think you should just use it and see how you go on. I did love driving mine! Still have fond memories.
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Feb 15, 2022 12:16:14 GMT
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Just sold my 1.1 Forte (2000) as long as you made sure the tyres were well pumped up, my heavy-footed hoofing would average 48mpg over about 10K miles and it would happily cruise at 80 - it was pretty damn good!
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"A Pierburg carb? It would be more economical to replace it with a funnel..."
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